2020-21 Nchc Weekly Release
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2020-21 NCHC WEEKLY RELEASE National Collegiate Hockey Conference 1631 Mesa Avenue, Suite C Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Phone: 719-203-6818 Week of January 4-11, 2021 Fax: 719-645-8206 Season 8, Week 5 www.NCHCHockey.com Michael Weisman • O: 719-694-9924 • C: 513-310-4869 • [email protected] • @TheNCHC 2020-21 NCHC STANDINGS Conference Overall Pts. GP W L T OW OL SW Win % GF GA GP W L T Win % GF GA 1. St. Cloud State 22 11 7 4 0 1 2 0 .636 35 29 11 7 4 0 .636 35 29 2. North Dakota 20 10 7 2 1 2 0 0 .750 39 24 10 7 2 1 .750 39 24 Minnesota Duluth 20 11 6 3 2 1 0 1 .636 31 26 11 6 3 2 .636 31 26 4. Omaha 19 10 6 3 1 1 0 1 .650 37 22 10 6 3 1 .650 37 22 5. Denver 15 12 4 7 1 0 1 1 .375 32 33 12 4 7 1 .375 32 33 6. Colorado College 14 10 3 5 2 0 1 2 .400 23 33 10 3 5 2 .400 23 33 Miami 14 12 4 7 1 0 1 0 .375 23 31 12 4 7 1 .375 23 31 8. Western Michigan 8 12 2 8 2 0 0 0 .250 32 54 12 2 8 2 .250 32 54 Teams are awarded three (3) points for each conference win in regulation, two (2) points for an overtime or shootout win, and one (1) point for an overtime or shootout loss. Overtime wins and losses appear in both the W and L columns, as well as the OTW and OTL columns in a team’s conference record. Shootouts will only occur if a conference game remains tied after the lone overtime, which is now 3-on-3, with the shootout winner earning two points and the loser getting one point, the same as an overtime win and loss. UPCOMING GAMES NCHC NEWS & NOTES RUNNING IT BACK: The first two series this weekend are rematches Friday, Jan. 8 from last weekend, but in the opposite location. In another top-10 two- *Western Michigan at Miami, 7:05 p.m. ET game set, No. 6/7 St. Cloud State makes the drive to Duluth to square *No. 6/7 St. Cloud State at No. 5/5 Minnesota Duluth, 7:30 p.m. CT off with No. 5/5 Minnesota Duluth after the teams each earned a win TV: CBS Sports Network last weekend in St. Cloud, with UMD’s coming in overtime on Saturday in Saturday, Jan. 9 the opener. The other rematch this weekend has Miami hosting Western Michigan after the RedHawks swept the Broncos in Kalamazoo last *Western Michigan at Miami, 5:05 p.m. ET weekend for their first road sweep since January of 2016. *No. 6/7 St. Cloud State at No. 5/5 Minnesota Duluth, 6:07 p.m. CT Sunday, Jan. 10 CH-CH-CH-CHANGES: While two of the four NCHC series scheduled for *No. 3/3 North Dakota at Colorado College, 7:07 p.m. MT (TV: AT&T SN) this weekend are going off as planned, the other two -- Colorado College against Denver and North Dakota hosting Omaha -- have been postponed Monday, Jan. 11 due to COVID-19 complications within the Denver and Omaha hockey *No. 3/3 North Dakota at Colorado College, 7:07 p.m. MT programs. In its place, the Tigers will now host No. 3/3 North Dakota for two games on Sunday and Monday, Jan. 10-11. This will replace their LATEST RESULTS originally scheduled series in Colorado Springs on Feb. 12-13. CC’s make-up Friday, Jan. 1 dates with Denver are still to be determined, but UND’s series with Omaha in Grand Forks is now set for Feb. 19-20. (page 3) *at Colorado College 4, No. 16/14 Denver 3 Saturday, Jan. 2 POLL POSITIONS: Once again, the NCHC is tied with Hockey East for the *Miami 3, at Western Michigan 1 most ranked teams in the USCHO.com Poll with five each this week. The *No. 4/4 Minnesota Duluth 4, at No. 6/6 St. Cloud State 3 (OT) NCHC is the only conference with three teams in the top 10 (North Dakota *at No. 16/14 Denver 6, Colorado College 1 at No. 3, Minnesota Duluth at No. 5, and St. Cloud State at No. 6). Omaha is just outside the top 10 at No. 11, while both the Mavericks and Huskies Sunday, Jan. 3 started the season unranked, with SCSU’s rise to sixth the highest rise of *Miami 5, at Western Michigan 1 an unranked team to date in the poll. The NCHC’s four teams in the USA *at No. 6/6 St. Cloud State 3, No. 4/4 Minnesota Duluth 1 Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll also tie with Hockey East for the most from one conference. (page 8) *Conference game GOLDEN BOYS: Three NCHC players helped the U.S. National Junior NCHC.tv Team win the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship, as Denver sophomore All NCHC games throughout the 2020-21 season, save for those forward Bobby Brink and North Dakota freshman defensemen Tyler nationally televised on CBS Sports Network, can be watched on the Kleven and Jake Sanderson returned from Edmonton, Alberta with NCHC’s digital network, NCHC.tv. This week’s NCHC.tv schedule can gold medals after Team USA defeated host Canada, 2-0, in the final on be found on page 5. Tuesday. Brink (2g/4a) and Sanderson (2a) played in all seven games, while Kleven (1a) played in two games. The trio gives the NCHC eight notes continued on page 5 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey /TheNCHC @TheNCHC TheNCHC NCHC.tv SID/SCHOOL DIRECTORY National Collegiate Hockey Conference Director of Communications: .........................Michael Weisman Digital Network/Video: ................................................ NCHC.tv Office: ............................................................... 719-694-9924 Twitter/Instagram/Snapchat: .................................@TheNCHC Cell: ................................................................. 513-310-4869 Facebook: ...........................................facebook.com/TheNCHC Email: ...................................... [email protected] Address:..........................................1631 Mesa Avenue, Suite C Website: ......................................................NCHCHockey.com Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Colorado College University of Denver Website: ........................................................... 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